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Apple Holds ‘Crazy, Misguided View’ About Owning All Commerce Related To iPhone, Says Epic Founder

Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney castigated Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) over antitrust concerns in the ongoing dispute over the removal of the former’s “Fortnite” game from the App Store.
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Facebook Could Soon Be the Latest Big Tech Company Hit With Antitrust Charges

State and federal investigators are planning to slap Facebook with antitrust charges as soon as November, four people familiar with the matter told the Washington Post. Such a lawsuit would mark the government’s latest crackdown on the biggest names in…

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The antitrust argument Google can make that Microsoft couldn’t

What it means for competition to be “only a click away.”

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‘Google Is One of the Most Important Antitrust Cases of All Time,’ With Matt Stoller

The author of “Goliath” gives his take on the history of American antitrust politics and what it means for the just-announced Google case.

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Amazon Isn’t Even Hiding Its Intentions Anymore

After spending years promising Congress that the data it collected from third-party sellers wasn’t used to beef up its private-label products, today Amazon decided to roll out a product meant to do exactly that. The Amazon Shopper Panel, as it’s called…

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Why These Companies Could Benefit From Google’s Antitrust Lawsuit

The antitrust lawsuit filed against Alphabet, Inc.
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Artificial intelligence and the antitrust case against Google

Federal prosecurots say Google uses anticompetitive business practices as well as artificial intelligence, data, and scale to maintain monopolies.

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The acquisitions that made Google a search monopoly

Google has made hundreds of acquisitions that helped it carve out 90% of the US search market. But its 2005 purchase of Android takes the cake.

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What we know about the DOJ’s antitrust case against Google so far

Yes, it’s a major suit and a major step—but what does it actually mean for anyone?

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U.S. Department of Justice files antitrust lawsuit against Google

The U.S. Justice Department alleges that Google carries out anticompetitive business practices and maintains monopolies in search and advertising.